In a rush on wind

Gov. Jon Corzine has tripled the proposed ocean-based wind farm program. We need more information before we obligate ourselves to such an increase.

Every article about these wind farms mentions "substantial increases" in the cost of electricity. Are we obligating ourselves to double our electric bills? Triple or more? We need some numbers. Are the greens who support wind energy happy with the massive damage that will be produced by construction of hundreds of skyscraper-size towers offshore and the megawatt-size cables needed to bring this power to the shore?

The original plan was advertised as costing $1 billion and serving 250,000 homes, or $8,000 per home plus interest and the large fees charged by the governor's pals at Goldman Sachs for selling the bonds. Who's paying that? And this assumes that any such project in New Jersey can be brought in on budget.

We have no experience in maintaining these complicated machines in this hostile environment. Why are we expanding the project before we know anything about how it works?